California's 12th Congressional District election, 2024 (March 5 top-two primary)

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California's 12th Congressional District
	Top-two primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: December 8, 2023
	Primary: March 5, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in California
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic; DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Democratic; Inside Elections: Solid Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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A top-two primary took place on March 5, 2024, in California's 12th Congressional District to determine which two candidates would run in the district's general election on November 5, 2024.

Lateefah Simon and Jennifer Tran advanced from the primary for U.S. House California District 12.

Candidate filing deadline	Primary election	General election
December 8, 2023	March 5, 2024	November 5, 2024

California uses a top-two primary system, in which all candidates appear on the same ballot. The top two vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, move on to the general election. In states that do not use a top-two system, all parties are usually able to put forward a candidate for the general election if they choose to.^[1]^[2]

Unlike the top-two format used in some states (Louisiana and Georgia special elections for example), a general election between the top-two candidates in California occurs regardless of whether the top candidate received 50% of the vote in the first round of elections.

As of October 2025, California was one of five states to use a top-two primary system, or a variation of the top-two system for some or all statewide primaries. See here for more information.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

This page focuses on California's 12th Congressional District's top-two primary. For more in-depth information on the district's general election, see the following page:

California's 12th Congressional District election, 2024

Candidates and election results

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. House California District 12

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. House California District 12 on March 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lateefah Simon (D)	55.9	86,031
✔		Jennifer Tran (D)	14.9	22,999
		Tony Daysog (D)	11.2	17,222
	Submit photo	Stephen Slauson (R)	6.3	9,710
		Glenn Kaplan (D)	4.4	6,799
		Eric Wilson (D)	2.8	4,252
		Abdur Sikder (D)	1.9	2,857
	Submit photo	Ned Nuerge (R)	1.6	2,535
		Andre Todd (D)	1.1	1,632

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 154,037
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Candidate profiles

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Tony Daysog

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "I am running for Congress to bring a unique voice to the floor of the US House of Representatives with respect to my family's lived experience having survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb, in an effort to push an agenda for global and domestic peace focusing first on significantly reducing military spending and wastefulness, and then, second, reinvesting savings to more productive and progressive activities but most especially: (1) universal healthcare; (2) climate change; and (3) making colleges, universities, and trade schools so graduates aren't saddled with excessive student loan-debt. I am in my 19th year on the Alameda City Council, where currently I serve as the Vice Mayor of the City Council. My family’s experience with the Nagasaki atomic bomb is what separates me from others -- it helps explain the pride I take in helping to convert Alameda's former military base, and it helps explain my emphasis on reducing our military budget to achieve peaceful change. I graduated from Encinal High School in Alameda, where he was Student Body President, and then went to UC Berkeley, where I earned a bachelor’s degree in U.S. History and a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning."

Key Messages

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universal healthcare focusing on shoring-up Obamacare so people spend less on an out-of-pocket basis, as well as focusing on lowering cost of prescription drugs

climate change: dealing with the effects of climate change is a particularly close-to-home issue for me because my Alameda is uniquely affected by sea level rise because my city,as you know, is an island. But the reality is that every city in this Congressional District is directly affected by climate change, in the form of either sea level rise, groundwater rise, and or hill areas at-risk of climate-induced wild fires.

making college, university, and trade schools truly affordable, and helping young adults burdened by student loan debt

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 12 in 2024.

Glenn Kaplan

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "Our government is failing us every single day. The ultrarich get tax cuts while the rest of us can barely afford healthcare and a decent education, wondering if we can afford the once a month break-in to our cars, apartments, homes or businesses (and worse) in our utterly lawless district that is tearing at the fabric of our community. Trust is lost, our infrastructure crumbles, the right to vote is under siege, yet our so-called representatives do nothing, often incompetent, listening only to wealthy donors and the extremes among our political spectrum—their only true constituency. The center cannot hold. I grew up here, went to high school in Oakland, taught at public schools, and worked as a journalist before starting a business in an effort to help the revitalization of “Uptown” Oakland, turning an abandoned space into a successful community hub. I saw firsthand the failure of the federal bureaucracy in response to small businesses during the pandemic. I’m running as an independent Democrat because both parties are failing us (and, in our broken system one has to make a binary choice between parties, when we all know it’s not that simple, however, yes, the right has caused significantly more malfeasance and chaos, than the the left), but I still don’t want to be pigeonholed into a particular party when I believe neither are fully representing us. "

Key Messages

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Crime in our district requires a federal state of emergency.

Marginalize the extremes in both parties - the center must hold and we need moderates to work for the common good.

Income equality is destroying the fabric of the nation. Extreme progressive taxation is required as Ferraris driving by homeless encampments proves we are in late stage capitalism. .

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 12 in 2024.

Abdur Sikder

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "Dr. Abdur R. Sikder is a Faculty in the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Information System at San Francisco State University. He has his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science degree from The University of Waikato, New Zealand. He also has a master’s degree in computer science and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from The University of Sydney, Australia. He studied at UC San Diego as an EAP graduate student for one academic year. Dr. Sikder has earned his MBA degree (Finance and Banking) at Lincoln University, Oakland, CA. He has been providing Software and Tax consultation services in the Bay area for the last ten years. He worked as a postdoctoral scholar at ICSI, UC Berkeley, Penn State University and Michigan Tech University. He worked as a Visiting Assistant Professor in the department of Computer science at Marquette University, Brac University and Dhaka University. He is a member of IEEE since 2001. He was a Member of the Board of Directors of Afihealth Inc., Berkeley, CA. He was the secretary of Waikato Ethnic Council, Hamilton, New Zealand and Secretary of Campbelltown Bangla School, Sydney, Australia. He served as a Notary Public of the State of California for 12 years. He is a life member of AABEA.org. He was a Judge for SF Hackathon, 2020, 2021, 2022 and a Judge for Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (JSHS) Competition, SF, 2022. "

Key Messages

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Strong advocate for free education, healthcare for all and peace

Clean Energy and Climate justice

End gun violence

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 12 in 2024.

Lateefah Simon

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "I have spent my career fighting for justice — fighting for folks without a voice. Now, as a 25-year veteran organizer and nationally recognized advocate for civil rights and social justice, I am running to take this fight to congress. I began my career in advocacy at age 16 as an outreach coordinator for the Young Women’s Freedom Center. At age 18, I gave birth to my eldest daughter, Aminah, and quickly learned as a young single mother that the government wasn’t working for people like myself. A year later, I became Executive Director of the YWFC and spent the next decade earning national acclaim for my advocacy on behalf of marginalized young women. In recognition of that work, I won a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, and at age 26, I became the youngest woman to receive this prestigious award. I was tapped by then-San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris to lead the creation of Back on Track — a highly effective, first-of-its-kind anti-recidivism initiative for young adults charged with low-level offenses. In 2016, galvanized by the death of Oscar Grant, I ran and was elected to the Bay Area Rapid Transit Board of Directors. Born legally blind, I relied solely on public transportation to go about my day and sought to make BART more affordable for working families and transit-dependent people like herself. I’ve spent my life fighting for folks without a voice. I will take the shared stories and experiences of this community to the halls of Congress."

Key Messages

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For over 30 years, I have been an advocate for public safety. I started the nationally recognized Back-on-Track program in then-DA Harris’ office to prevent recidivism. As a BART Director I created a new ambassador program of uniformed, unarmed, personnel trained in de-escalation to promote community safety on BART trains. In Congress, I will support comprehensive policing reform to ensure that policing reflects community values and upholds civil rights and reinvests resources in communities. I will champion legislation that addresses the housing crisis and funds affordable housing, closes loopholes in federal gun laws, and provides resources for mental health, addiction treatment, and programs geared towards preventing recidivism.

A lifelong resident of the Bay, I have dedicated myself to fighting for racial and social justice in Oakland and my community. As a Black woman and a single mother of two, I have seen firsthand how the most marginalized and disadvantaged communities, often immigrant communities and communities of color, are the first to have their civil and social rights be put on the chopping block by conservative legislators. I will champion comprehensive policing reform, expand voting rights, codify protections for reproductive care, and work to create a fair and humane immigration system that would disentangle the criminal system from the immigration system and expand legal pathways to work authorization and citizenship.

As a Congresswoman, I will always prioritize protecting housing as a human right. I will seek tenant protections, lift up tenant unions, and create an equitable playing field for renters. I know the impact that Rent Relief legislation will have by creating a refundable tax credit for renters paying over 30% of their income in rent. In CA-12, I encouraged collaboration between BART and the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce (OAACC), supported SB 567, the Homelessness Prevention Act, and advocated for the revitalization of public housing. Having been a part of the public housing system, I’ve seen how this vital piece of infrastructure has been overlooked and underfunded for far too long.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 12 in 2024.

Jennifer Tran

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "Dr. Jennifer Tran is a CSU professor of Ethnic Studies, community organizer, and President of the Vietnamese Chamber of Commerce. Born and raised in Oakland as a daughter of war refugees, she earned her PhD from USC and has spent her entire professional career serving East Bay communities. The career politicians and party politics are failing and our cities are in decline. Both Washington and local governments are broken and we need to change the game. Our current crises around public safety, homelessness, and economic decay require a federal response with federal resources. Dr. Tran will propose a key legislation, the Modern Cities Act, that offers actionable, sensible solutions that will actually solve these urgent problems while creating opportunities for hard working families. Dr. Tran has a unique ability to find common ground that unites diverse communities across various sectors including business leaders, educators, social workers, firefighters, police, healthcare workers, government agencies, immigrants, victims of violence and other marginalized communities. Dr. Tran understands systems dysfunction and has the vision to restore and revive the East Bay and other similar promising regions across the country. You can learn more about Dr. Tran’s plan to transform and modernize our federal approach to these and other issues like universal healthcare, tuition-free education, Green New Deal, immigration and human rights at www.drtranforcongress.com"

Key Messages

To read this candidate's full survey responses, click here.

This election is a battle for the future of what it means to be progressive. Do we want a political system where a millionaire puppet candidate is bought and controlled by a single billionaire? Do we want someone who spent the past decade forcing the dangerous ideology of defunding the police making it to congress to continue spreading that destructive policy experiment? Or do we want a candidate who will bring sensible solutions, bold vision, and real progress? Congress is broken because politicians have forgotten how to make compromises and lead together as Americans. We need to find the ideas that both parties can agree on and make federal laws that benefit working Americans. We can't allow the billionaire class to buy congress.

American city and municipal governments are bastions of corruption and ineptitude. These local governments have determined the outcomes of the foundations of our society - public safety, homelessness and economic decay. Have you ever traveled outside the US and seen a clean and safe city? Did you wonder like I did, why the richest nation in the world doesn't have cities like that? In my first 100 days in Congress, I will introduce a bill to the House floor called the Modern Cities Act (MCA). The MCA will create the cities of the future that we all deserve. This law will transform policing, end homelessness within two years, incentivize massive small business development, and usher in a new era of government fiscal transparency.

The advanced stages of climate collapse are on the horizon. Most scientists agree that we have passed the critical tipping points for hyper-destructive temperature increases. Large swaths of the planet will become uninhabitable with lost capacity to grow food. We need solutions now. My climate position is that we need to invest heavily as a nation in innovative technologies that can capture greenhouse gases at scale to reverse the temperature increases humans have caused. That is literally our only hope of reversing this trajectory we’re on. Any politician who tells you that they want to transition to clean power sources over time by incrementally changing human behavior simply doesn’t understand how dire the situation already is.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House California District 12 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in California

Election information in California: March 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: March 5, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Feb. 20, 2024
Online: Feb. 20, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: N/A
By mail: N/A by N/A
Online: N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: March 5, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by March 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Varies to March 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (PST)

Noteworthy endorsements

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This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. It also includes a bulleted list of links to official lists of endorsements for any candidates who published that information on their campaign websites. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please click here.

Top-two primary endorsements
Endorser	Tim Sanchez	Lateefah Simon	Jennifer Tran
Government officials
U.S. Rep Linda Sanchez Allison (D) ^source	✔
U.S. Rep Robert Garcia (D) ^source		✔
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee ^source		✔
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D)			✔
U.S. Rep Kevin Mullin (D) ^source		✔
Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis (D) ^source		✔
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Josh Becker (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Laphonza Butler (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Alex Padilla (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Nancy Skinner (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Aisha Wahab (D) ^source		✔
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D) ^source		✔
State Asm. Mia Bonta (D) ^source		✔
State Rep. Isaac Bryan (D) ^source		✔
State Rep. Laura Friedman (D) ^source		✔
State Rep. Matt Haney (D) ^source		✔
State Rep. Corey Jackson (D) ^source		✔
State Asm. Buffy Wicks (D) ^source		✔
Mayor, Berkeley Jesse Arreguín (D) ^source		✔
Mayor, San Francisco London Breed ^source		✔
Mayor, Emeryville Courtney Welch ^source		✔
Member, Oakland City Council Kevin Jenkins ^source		✔
Member, Oakland City Council Dan Kalb ^source		✔
Member, Oakland City Council Treva Reid ^source		✔
Member, Alameda City Council Malia Vella (D) ^source		✔
Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) ^source		✔
Controller Malia Cohen (D) ^source		✔
California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond (D) ^source		✔
Individuals
Frmr. candidate CA-12 Tim Sanchez ^source		✔
Frmr. Mayor of Oakland Libby Schaaf ^source		✔
Frmr. Mayor, Stockton Michael Tubbs ^source		✔
Newspapers and editorials
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial Board ^source		✔
Organizations
Actors' Equity Association ^source		✔
AFSCME California ^source		✔
Amalgamated Transit Union ^source		✔
American Federation of Teachers ^source		✔
Aspire PAC ^source			✔
Black Church PAC ^source		✔
Black Women Organized for Political Action ^source		✔
California Democratic Party ^source		✔
California Environmental Voters ^source		✔
California Federation of Teachers ^source		✔
California Labor Federation ^source		✔
California Teachers Association ^source		✔
California Working Families Party ^source		✔
California Young Democrats ^source		✔
Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund ^source		✔
CHC Bold PAC ^source	✔
Climate Hawks Vote ^source		✔
Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC ^source		✔
Courage California ^source		✔
EMILY's List ^source		✔
Feminist Majority Foundation ^source		✔
Food & Water Action ^source		✔
Friends of the Earth ^source		✔
Giffords PAC ^source		✔
Higher Heights for America ^source		✔
IBEW Local 595 ^source		✔
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Joint Council 7 ^source		✔
League of Conservation Voters ^source		✔
LPAC ^source			✔
National Nurses United ^source		✔
National Union of Healthcare Workers ^source		✔
Nurses for America ^source		✔
Oil Change International ^source		✔
Planned Parenthood Action Fund ^source		✔
Reproductive Freedom For All ^source		✔
SEIU United Healthcare Workers West ^source		✔
Service Employees International Union ^source		✔
Service Employees International Union California ^source		✔
Sierra Club ^source		✔
Sister Warriors Action Fund ^source		✔
The Collective PAC ^source		✔
United Food and Commercial Workers Union ^source		✔

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Tony Daysog	Democratic Party	$18,760	$18,299	$462	As of December 31, 2023
Glenn Kaplan	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Abdur Sikder	Democratic Party	$21,938	$21,946	$-8	As of April 16, 2024
Lateefah Simon	Democratic Party	$2,231,456	$1,945,801	$285,655	As of December 31, 2024
Andre Todd	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Jennifer Tran	Democratic Party	$344,452	$333,359	$11,093	As of December 31, 2024
Eric Wilson	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Ned Nuerge	Republican Party	$3,397	$4,720	$0	As of March 31, 2024
Stephen Slauson	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

District analysis

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District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Competitiveness
Presidential elections

State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in California.

California U.S. House primary competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested top-two primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	52	52	7	241	52	42	80.8%	36	80.0%
2022	52	52	5	272	52	52	100.0%	47	100.0%
2020	53	53	4	262	53	47	88.7%	32	64.0%
2018	53	53	2	244	53	41	77.4%	39	76.5%
2016	53	53	4	202	53	40	75.5%	36	73.5%
2014	53	53	6	209	53	38	71.7%	32	68.1%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in California in 2024. Information below was calculated on 1/16/2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Two-hundred forty-one candidates filed to run for California's 52 U.S. House districts in 2024, including 125 Democrats, 88 Republicans, and 28 independent or minor party candidates. That’s 4.63 candidates per district. In 2022, the first election after the number of congressional districts in California decreased from 53 to 52 following the 2020 census, 5.2 candidates filed per district. In 2020, when the state still had 53 Congressional districts, 4.94 candidates filed per district. In 2018, 4.6 candidates filed.

The 241 candidates who ran in California in 2024 were the fewest total number of candidates since 2016, when 202 candidates ran. Forty-five incumbents—34 Democrats and 11 Republicans—ran for re-election. That was fewer than in 2022, when 47 incumbents ran. Six districts were open, one more than in 2022, and the most since 2014, when six districts were also open.

Incumbents Barbara Lee (D-12th), Adam Schiff (D-30th), and Katie Porter (D-47th) ran for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. Incumbent Sen. Laphonza Butler (D) didn't run for re-election. Incumbents Grace Napolitano (D-31st), Tony Cárdenas (D-29th), and Anna Eshoo (D-16th) retired from public office. One incumbent—Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-20th)—left Congress before the end of his term. A special election was held to fill his seat before the general election.

Fifteen candidates—12 Democrats, two Republicans, and one nonpartisan—ran in the open 30th district, the most candidates running for a seat in 2024.

Forty-two primaries were contested, the fewest since 2018, when 41 were contested. All 52 primaries were contested in 2022, and 47 were in 2020. In California, which uses a top-two primary system, a primary is contested if more than two candidates file to run.

Incumbents ran in 35 of the 42 contested primaries. That’s lower than 2022, when 47 incumbents ran in contested primaries, but higher than every other year since 2014. In 2020, 32 incumbents faced contested primaries. Thirty-nine incumbents did so in 2018, 36 in 2016, and 32 in 2014.

Democratic candidates ran in every district. Republican candidates ran in every district except one—the 37th. Two Democrats, including incumbent Sydney Kamlage-Dove, one nonpartisan candidate, and one Peace and Freedom Party member ran in that district.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was D+40. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 40 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made California's 12th the most Democratic district nationally.^[3]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in California's 12th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden	Donald Trump
89.3%	8.6%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.^[4] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline	Republican Baseline	Difference
90.0	9.6	D+80.4

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in California, 2020

California presidential election results (1900-2020)

15 Democratic wins
15 Republican wins
1 other win

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	P^[5]	D	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

See also: Party control of California state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of California's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from California
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	2	43	45
Republican	0	9	9
Independent	0	0	0
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	52	54

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in California's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in California, May 2024
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Gavin Newsom
Lieutenant Governor	Eleni Kounalakis
Secretary of State	Shirley Weber
Attorney General	Rob Bonta

State legislature

California State Senate

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	32
	Republican Party	8
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		40

California State Assembly

Party		As of February 2024
	Democratic Party	62
	Republican Party	18
	Independent	1
	Other	0
	Vacancies	0
Total		80

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

California Party Control: 1992-2024
Nineteen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
Governor	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Senate	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
Assembly	D	D	D	S	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Election context

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in California in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in California, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
California	U.S. House	All candidates	40-60	$1,740.00^[6]	12/8/2023	Source

District election history

2022

See also: California's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House California District 12

Incumbent Barbara Lee defeated Stephen Slauson in the general election for U.S. House California District 12 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Barbara Lee (D)	90.5	217,110
	Submit photo	Stephen Slauson (R)	9.5	22,859

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 239,969
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